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Afghan leaders duped by ‘fake’ Taliban chief
A man purporting to be one of the most senior Taliban commanders – who held secret meetings with NATO and Afghan officials – was apparently a fake, according to reports in the US.
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Nato agrees Afghanistan exit strategy
Nato agrees with Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai to hand control to Afghan forces by the end of 2014. The decision will lead to more bloodshed, a Taliban spokesman warns Channel 4 News.
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Russia joins Nato missile defence shield
Russia joins a United States and European missile defence shield at the Lisbon summit today – the closest co-operation since the end of the Cold War.
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Nato leaders expected to agree on missile defence shield
David Cameron is joining leaders at a Nato summit in Lisbon to discuss and sign an agreement to build a defensive shield in Europe against ballistic missile attacks.
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Obama: White House at war
A well-timed leak of the juiciest bits to the Washington Post and the New York Times guaranteed Bob Woodward’s book a slot on the bestseller lists. Job Rabkin looks at the revelations in detail.
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Afghanistan: search for kidnapped aid worker
The search continues for a British aid worker and her three Afghan colleagues, kidnapped by armed men in Afghanistan. John Sparks learns aid agencies are finding the country more and more dangerous.
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US ‘infighting’ over Afghanistan strategy
Some of President Barack Obama’s chief advisers do not think the current strategy for Afghanistan is going to work, according to a new book.
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Afghan election: voters battle Taliban bomb threats
As Afghans brave the ballot boxes for the election amid Taliban rocket strikes, Channel 4 News’s Nick Paton Walsh says expectations are low in the wake of last year’s vote-rigging debacle.
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British forces in Afghanistan: why are we there?
Britain’s presence in Afghanistan has seen military deaths soar beyond 300. But what lies next for UK forces? A former commander and soldier write for Channel 4 News about future strategy.
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Afghan women join fight for election
Despite intimidation a record number of women are standing in this month’s Afghan elections. But Channel 4 News International Editor Lindsey Hilsum says women there still live in fear of the Taliban.
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No.10 urged to review Cameron Afghan security
As senior military chiefs call for security review after the Taliban attempted to bring down David Cameron’s helicopter, a former commander tells Channel 4 News the key is to be “unpredictable”.
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Taliban calls for joint civilian death inquiry
The Taliban calls on Nato and UN to join an inquiry assessing civilian deaths in Afghanistan, as sources in Kabul tell Channel 4 News the proposal could be a way of opening dialogue with insurgents.
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Afghan offensive: what does it hope to achieve?
International Editor Lindsey Hilsum travels to the village of Chah-e-Anjir to see what the British military hopes to achieve through the latest operation in Afghanistan.
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Taliban hunt WikiLeaks outed Afghan informers
War files: the Taliban issues a chilling warning to Afghans, alleged to have worked as informers for the Nato-led coalition, telling Channel 4 News ‘US spies” will be hunted down and punished.
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WikiLeaks war files: Afghanistan’s hidden war
War as we have never been allowed to see it: WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange speaks to Channel 4 News about his decision to publish 90,000 US military files – the biggest leak of its kind in history.